Arduino learns to speak! 07/13/2009 Peter points out the release of the Cantarino speech synthesis library for Arduino – demoed above in an endearing rendition...
The Lego sequencer 07/13/2009 Inspied by the BeatBearing project, Damien Kee built a musical sequencer using the Lego NXT system – Each coloured ball...
MAKE presents: The Integrated Circuit 07/13/2009 A brief introduction to the technology that makes it possible for today’s electronics to do so much with very little...
Happy Birthday Tesla – from ArcAttack (and MAKE too!) 07/10/2009 The members of ArcAttack send Birthday wishes to Nikola Tesla the best way they know – with crackling bolts of...
How-To: Cheap standoffs from nylon tubing 07/10/2009 CuriousInventor points out this head-slappingly simple substitute for standoffs – likely of interest to anyone whose marvelled at how much...
3×3 button-animated matrix 07/10/2009 Nick Hardeman’s 3 x 3, big-button LED matrix goes by the name “Nove Bit” and looks about as easy to...
Using piezos for sound pickup 07/10/2009 Nerdkits shares their process for designing a big LED VU meter, and repurposing piezo buzzers as microphones in the process....
How-To: Dissolve IC packages 07/08/2009 Travis Goodspeed demonstrates how to chemically remove (or ‘decap’) the plastic surrounding those delicate and incredibly cool looking wafers chips...
Rice paddy crop art 07/08/2009 Japanese farmers create some amazing works by way of carefully planned planting. The above works from the village of Inakadate...
Simple yet slick audio adapter console 07/08/2009 Randy Sarafan’s audio device building streak continues, this time taking the mundane task of the plug adapter to a new...
